419 scam: Roseline Cooper <james2blake66@gmail.com> Please go through this mail and reply me quickly

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Roseline Cooper <james2blake66@gmail.com>
Reply-To: carreer.lady@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:07:48 -0700
Subject: Please go through this mail and reply me quickly

Hello dear,

How are you? I hope you are fine in health unlike me. My name is Ms
Roseline Cooper. I am a British Medical Attachee to the former
president of Ukraine. During one of his oil businesses with the west,
which I helped him then to coordinate, I secretly made the sum of
US$10,500,000.00 (10.5millionUS$) which I moved through the back door
to a bank for safe keeping. I am contacting you now to claim the money
on my behalf because I am sick and I have spent almost all my savings
on drugs and hospital bills.

After you have received the money on my behalf, you will keep 40% for
yourself, 10% for charity while the remaining 50% is for me. You will
send some amount from my 50% to me so I can use it to pay my bills as
well as take care of myself after which you will help me to invest the
remaining amount. But you have to keep this transaction secret and
confidential. If you are interested, please respond to this mail by
providing me with your full names, your present contact address, your
profession and telephone number (mobile phone preferably).

I look forward to receiving your quick response.

Warm regards

Sincerely,
Ms Roseline Cooper

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